In the coming years, the Australian fashion and apparel industry is expected to experience a boom due to a more relaxed spending approach of the shoppers, says a report released by the Melbourne-based research company IBISWorld. For ...
Tags: Apparel Industry, Apparel
Despite what he sees as shortcomings of Microsoft’s real-time communications platform, Lync, businesses will see value to some of its features, and supplement those with products from Avaya, says Avaya CEO Kevin Kennedy. “Are ...
Calling it the biggest news since its creation, VCE today added two low-end models to its line of Vblock pre-configured, cloud-computing systems. VCE also announced it is teaming with SAP AG to add the SAP HANA database to its Vblock ...
Calling it the biggest news since its creation, VCE last week added two low-end models to its line of Vblock pre-configured, cloud-computing systems. VCE also announced that it is teaming with SAP to add the SAP HANA database to its ...
Tags: VCE, low-end models, cloud-computing systems
Rising gross margin and improved operating profit have been recorded for H1 2012/13. Management has decided to change brand portfolio, organisational structure and responsibilities of Group Management. Consolidated revenue for H1 2012/13 ...
Tags: IC Companys, Fast Fashion Segment, Sales
UK-based mid-market private equity firm CBPE Capital has revealed that it has sold Rosemont Pharmaceuticals to US-based pharmaceuticals company Perrigo for pound 180m. CBPE acquired Rosemont in August 2006 for pound 93m. The sale to ...
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Virginia's The Hilb Group (THG) has completed the acquisition of Crofton-based mid-market insurance broker The Pennoyer Group. The deal came into effect from 31 January 2013, after receiving approval from its shareholders. Established ...
Tim Simkiss joins the practice to reduce implementation costs for mid-market companies KING OF PRUSSIA, PA, February 06, 2013 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Business Technology Solutions (BizTech), a leading IT Services firm and Oracle Platinum ...
Tags: KING OF PRUSSIA, BizTech's Hyperion, Computer Products
Spain-based mid-market private equity firm Mercapital has acquired 80% stake in Group Betapack, a Spanish maker of plastic caps and closures for euro 40m. The company is aiming to consolidate Betapack's position as a supplier of closures ...
Tags: Spain, Mercapital, Group Betapack
Walid Gomaa, Business Unit and Sales Manager of HP’s Storage Division, HP Middle East As part of its Middle East Storage Roadshow, HP on Wednesday launched a new portfolio of storage platforms for enterprises of all sizes in the ...
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Epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK has agreed to acquire the Kopin Wireless compound semiconductor epiwafer manufacturing division of Kopin Corp of Taunton, MA, USA (including its leased manufacturing ...
Tags: IQE, UK, Kopin Wireless, semiconductor, KTC
Food and drink deals, particularly the acquisition of Weetabix by China's Bright Food Group, dominated large-scale merger and acquisition activity in the UK in 2012, a new report by Experian shows. Food and drink was the most active ...
Tags: food, drink, acquisition, Bright Food Group
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the UK food and drink manufacturing sector last year helped to set a three-year record for the UK economy, according to information services company Experian. A key contributor to last year’s ...
Tags: UK, food, drink manufacturing, UK economy
Apple has dropped its patent-infringement accusations against the Galaxy S III Mini, a mid-market Android smartphone that Samsung Electronics says it is not selling in the U.S. In a filing in the U.S. District Court for Northern ...
Tags: Apple, patent, Galaxy S III Mini, Samsung Electronics, Android, smartphone
IDG News Service - The venture capitalist Vinod Khosla recently described Silicon Valley as a state of mind, rather than a geographical place. If that's the case, that state of mind can increasingly be found in San Francisco. Young tech ...
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